Sun Jian had been suffering from high fever for several days.
Mrs. Wu invited almost all the doctors in Liang Kingdom. After diagnosis, they all said that there was no cure.
Because this disease was called "ulcer" in ancient times, and later it was called wound infection.
Before antibiotics were available, wound infection had been one of the biggest killers in ancient warfare, second only to the plague.
Often in a war involving 100,000 people, if the death rate reaches more than 50,000, there is a high probability that it is not due to battle losses, but to plague.
If the mortality rate is over 30,000, it goes without saying that many injured soldiers died of wound infection after the war.
Normally, in such a large-scale war, the death rate on the battlefield would be as high as ten thousand.
After the wound is infected, the wound never heals, and eventually the bacteria cause other complications, eventually leading to death from sepsis, which was very common in ancient times.
In this era without antibiotics, once a wound infection occurs, it means that the patient has no choice but to fight it off.
After Sun Ce arrived at Xiayi, he was very anxious when he saw this situation, but it was useless no matter how anxious he was. He was not a doctor, so he could only worry.
In the end, Mrs. Wu understood the righteousness and allowed him to lead the troops back to the front line. Even if his father was seriously ill, the foundation could not be lost.
Just as Sun Ce left with four generals and an army of 20,000, Liu Bei and Cao Cao's army arrived at the rear.
Shanyang is very close to Liang State, and the total distance from Changyi to Xiayi is less than 200 miles. With tens of thousands of troops, even including the heavy troops at the front, middle and rear, it can take two or three days at the fastest, and four or five days at the slowest.
Will arrive soon.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao Bao Xin came to visit Sun Jian in a hurry. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they smelled a medicinal smell that filled the courtyard, covering up the scent of osmanthus that was blooming in August.
Mrs. Wu was carrying her children, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Sun Kuang, Sun Shangxiang and other children in the house. When she saw the three people coming in, she covered her face and cried: "Three envoys."
"lady."
Liu Bei and Bao Xin both bowed their hands seriously.
When Cao Cao saw Mrs. Wu's pitiful and charming appearance, he fell ill on the spot and his eyes almost popped out of his head.
But fortunately, as a traitor, he still had sense and quickly bowed his hand.
"Wen Tai."
After Liu Bei finished his salute, he turned around and saw Sun Jian lying on the bed. He immediately walked over and sat on the edge of the bed to visit.
They saw that Sun Jian's face was pale and he had a high fever. His shoulder was wrapped with a linen bandage, but he could still smell the stench. It was obvious that the wound was infected and inflamed. Ordinary medicine for treating the wound had no effect at all. The sore was festering and festering.
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"My husband has been having fever for several days and is unconscious. The doctor said he has an ulcer and there is no cure."
Mrs. Wu's eyes were almost swollen from crying, but there was nothing she could do.
Liu Bei's face suddenly became serious and he said seriously: "It must be sent to Qingzhou immediately."
"Can Qingzhou be cured?"
Mrs. Wu immediately ignited hope. She had heard that Qingzhou Taishan Xuegong Medical College was a holy place for doctors in the world. Many doctors had even recommended them there. Could it be that there was really a way to treat her?
Liu Bei shook his head: "I'm not 100% sure, but every time my soldiers got ulcers, they could basically be saved by using Hua Tuo's prescription for treating ulcers. It's just that we can't delay the time. The longer we delay, the greater the chance of treatment."
It’s slim, so we have to do it as soon as possible.”
Hua Tuo has a way to treat ulcers. In a sense, ulcers are a bit like sepsis, but sepsis is the final stage of ulcers. Before that, as long as you supplement vitamin C and control wound ulcers, there is still hope.
But once the condition develops to the point of septicemia, it will be difficult to rescue him. Therefore, the longer the condition is delayed, the more difficult it is to treat. Liu Bei can only act as a doctor and arrange to send him to Qingzhou for treatment as soon as possible.
Mrs. Wu had no idea, but she knew that Sun Jian had been sentenced to death in Xiayi. Although she didn't know what would happen if she went to Qingzhou, at least there was hope.
Therefore, without any hesitation at the moment, he immediately agreed to Liu Bei's suggestion and decisively led his family to follow Sun Jian to Qingzhou.
Liu Bei arranged for soldiers to escort him all the way, and he led his troops south again.
A few days later, the army arrived in Yilu County.
Going south from here is Xinyang, then Song Dynasty, and after passing Yingshui, it is Gushi.
But when they arrived at Yilu County, the former army's scouts had already encountered Yuan Shu's rangers on the vast plains.
In late July, it is the Mengqiu season. The temperature in Henan is neither high nor low. It is hot during the day and cool in the evening.
The cavalry sent by Liu Bei was led by Zhang Liao. This time, except for Zang Ba, who was in charge of the north, and Tai Shici and Huang Zhong, who were in charge of the navy, all the others were brought out when they went south.
His counselor Ju Shou Tian Feng and several other unnamed staff officers in history, as well as generals Zhang Feidian, Wei Zhang Liao and Gao Shun led the recruitment. In fact, there were more than 100 soldiers guarding the Donghai Kingdom in Xuzhou, including Chen Mu's relatives Cai Yang and Qin.
Qi, you can mobilize troops from Xuzhou at any time.
Strictly speaking, Zhang Liao was not a cavalry scout, but a general who commanded the front army. He personally led 5,000 people to clear the way for the army. However, he did not like being in the army, so he ordered his deputy general to lead the troops, while he personally led the scouts out to investigate.
It was getting late, and Zhang Liao led dozens of scouts to explore the road ahead. Suddenly, in the reflection of the evening glow, he saw seven or eight people standing on a hill several feet high not far away, about a hundred feet away.
A black spot overlooked them.
Zhang Liao looked up and saw soldiers wearing red Han military uniforms, small Zha armor, and military crowns on their heads. The leader wore an iron helmet. They were almost the same as Liu Beijun's military uniforms, and there was no difference.
But Zhang Liao still recognized that they were not his soldiers. At the end of the Han Dynasty, most of the princes' soldiers' clothing still continued the Han Dynasty soldiers' clothing, with red military uniforms on the outside, plus a small Zha armor, no helmet, and
The military crown is made of cloth. The generals wear various armors, including Zha armor, fish scale armor, basin collar armor, jacket armor, tube sleeve armor, etc.
Therefore, in order to distinguish them, various princes still made some detailed adjustments. For example, Liu Bei's soldiers no longer wore military crowns, but wore helmets that were slightly thinner than ordinary generals. This benefited from the development of Qingzhou's metallurgy and mining technology.
, Iron tools are no longer scarce, and even small soldiers can wear helmets to reduce the casualty rate.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The other side's soldiers did not wear helmets, and recently, Zhang Liao also knew that in order to avenge his father, Sun Ce not only personally selected Danyang elite soldiers to form a white-clothed and black-armored Jiangdong
The army also ordered ordinary soldiers not to wear military crowns but only red scarves to show their determination to fight Yuan Shu and Lu Bu to the death.
So under such circumstances, the only people who appeared near the Gushi battlefield were Yuan Shu's troops. Yuan Shu has not yet proclaimed himself emperor, and he does not recognize the current Luoyang court, but on the surface he is still General Zuo.
It was Liu Bian's court, so the military uniforms were not changed.
After confirming that he was the enemy, there was no hesitation or concern at all. Zhang Liao whispered instructions, surrounded him from left to right, then pulled out the long bow on the side of the horse, and began to gallop towards the enemy with more than a dozen cavalrymen behind him.
The hill bag rushed away.
Bingzhou Youqi can be compared with Xiliang Iron Cavalry and Youzhou Xiaoqi, so it naturally has its advantages. When there were only thirty feet away from the hillock, while still on the galloping horse, Zhang Liao opened his bow from left to right, and the arrows were like arrows.
Shooting towards the enemy like meteors.
Zhang Liao's order was so decisive that the enemy on the hill was caught off guard, and the helmeted young general was shot to death on the spot. The others quickly dispersed, turned their horses and ran back downhill from behind.
Since they were some distance away, they could not catch up in a short period of time, but Zhang Liao's archery skills were not bad. Although he was not as good as Lu Bu, he was also skilled in bow and horse, and he easily shot down several people.
Yuan Shu's scout who was escaping in front saw the enemy's powerful bows and arrows. He immediately roared and divided his troops into three groups and dispersed.
"General, don't pursue the poor enemy. Report to Duke Ming first."
While driving the horse, the scout team leader shouted to Zhang Liao who was still on the horse with his bow and arrow ready.
Zhang Liao said: "The enemy already knows our location, we must kill them all, otherwise the news of our arrival will be reported to Yuan Shu. By then the enemy will be on guard, and we will lose the opportunity."
"But they split up and fled, making it difficult to catch up."
The scout team leader looked at his back.
There are still more than 20 enemies, divided into three groups. For a moment, they don't know who to pursue.
"Then we will also divide our forces. You will pursue the left path, while the others will pursue the right path. Just maintain the advantage in strength. A few more people will follow me to pursue the center path."
Zhang Liao also issued the order.
Their scouts were twice as many as the enemy, and the total number was about fifty. Twenty of them were divided along the way to pursue the left, and another twenty were divided along the way to pursue the right. The others followed Zhang Liao, about ten of them, to pursue.
All the way to the middle.
In the vast wilderness, the setting sun rolls up red fire clouds. On the plains of Yuzhou, apart from forests and lakes, there are very few hills and hills.
There are trees growing on both sides of the road, barren fields full of weeds, herds of elk, hares, deer, muntjacs, even elephants, wolves, and even the roar of tigers coming from the distant jungle, all telling people that this area
Not only humans live on the land, but also other indigenous people thrive.
Zhang Liao led ten soldiers to gallop across the plain at lightning speed. A hill appeared in front of him. At the corner of the hill, a large group of cavalry, about a hundred people, suddenly walked out slowly. The enemy Yuan Shujun's scouts who were being chased in front were overjoyed and shouted "Who are you?"
drink.
Since the distance between the two sides was not far, only twenty or thirty feet apart, Zhang Liao vaguely heard the people in front of him shouting for help under the wind. Apparently, they not only encountered Yuan Shu's cavalry scout team, but also encountered a large group.
"General, what should we do now?"
The scout team leader who followed him turned around and asked.
If you stop now, although you will still rush forward due to inertia, at least the enemy will be far away and you can turn around and run away.
However, Zhang Liao shouted: "The brave man wins when we meet on a narrow road. If we don't rush him now, we will die! Kill!"
"kill!"
Seeing Zhang Liao's order, the scouts shouted without hesitation.
Yuan Shu's scout group in the distance had just reacted. Before they could form a charge, the enemy was already charging at them at full speed.
The high-performance cars of later generations can accelerate from 100 kilometers to 100 kilometers in less than two seconds, but horses are animals and not machines. They haven't even formed a formation or charged yet, let alone picked up the speed.
Zhang Liao, on the other hand, kept charging and running. His speed did not slow down and he continued to accelerate. Before the enemy could even charge, they were already in front of the opponent. Under the horrified eyes of Yuan Shu's scout team,
He ran headlong into their formation.
It's not that they didn't want to avoid it, but due to various reasons such as formation, terrain, etc., their team positions were extremely dense. Everyone gathered in a group, and under the orders and scoldings of the officers, they spread out in formation and prepared to charge.
As a result, the enemy struck first, leaving them no time to counterattack or disperse their formation. Under the leadership of Zhang Liao, Liu Beijun's scouts, a total of eleven people, charged into the enemy's army without fear of death.
In an instant, people were on their backs, and there were shouts of death, wails, curses, trampling of horse hooves, and neighing sounds. A moment later, there was the sound of weapons handing over.
Zhang Liao seemed to know no other formations. He used an awl shape to directly penetrate the enemy's riding formation. He killed five or six people with his hands and had already killed the enemy behind him. Then he turned the horse's head, raised the long knife in his hand and shouted: "
Today, either they will die or we will die, kill!"
"kill!"
Two soldiers were killed in the first round of charging, but the remaining eight soldiers were so excited that they turned their horses and attacked the enemy again.
At this moment, the most elite scout cavalry in Yuan Shu's army seemed to have become a target.
There were too many people, and they collided and trampled on each other. Some people wanted to disperse, some wanted to turn their horses' heads to fight back, and some wanted to escape. Everyone's actions were not unified, which caused serious internal chaos.
The most fatal thing was that in the first round of charge, their scout captain was directly hacked to death by Zhang Liao. Without the officer's command, the remaining hundred or so people were in chaos.
Seeing this great opportunity, Zhang Liao decisively launched a second round of charge. This time he didn't even lose any soldiers and killed more than ten people again.
After several rounds of charges, more than 20 enemy soldiers, nearly a hundred of them, were killed in Zhang Liao's hands alone. More than half of them were killed or wounded. In the end, they fled in all directions like a lost dog.
"Hoo ho ho!"
Zhang Liao was panting and sweating profusely.
Lu Bu once single-handedly broke into a Xianbei cavalry formation of hundreds of people and killed nearly a hundred people. Gongsun Zan once led dozens of people into a Xianbei cavalry formation of hundreds of people and killed dozens of people.
Both of them are famous for their bravery. Although Zhang Liao is not inferior to Gongsun Zan, he is still far inferior to Lu Bu, so his physical strength has been exhausted by more than half.
Of course, it only consumes more than half. If you fight to the death, it is not impossible to kill all these hundred people with the soldiers.
But since the enemy chose to escape, their horses were already tired and there was no need to pursue them anymore.
"General, what should we do now?"
The scout team leader was also covered in blood, his hair was knotted into a bunch of rattan braids with sweat and blood, his lips were chapped, and he looked at Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao looked towards the direction of the enemy cavalry in the distance and said boldly: "The enemy has appeared here, which means that Xinyang Song Kingdom and other places have been occupied by the enemy. Let's go back and launch a surprise attack tonight."
"A raid tonight?"
The team leader was surprised and said: "But the enemy already knows that we are coming. If we can alert the enemy, they will definitely be on guard."
"They couldn't have prepared so quickly. Their troops were so quick that they set off immediately."
Zhang Liao waved his hand and everyone started to return.
The forward army he led was composed of 5,000 troops, followed by Zhang Fei's forward army, then the central army led by Liu Bei himself, and Gao Shun's soldiers in the rear.
Since the heavy armored infantry traveled long distances and could not wear armor, they could only place the armor in the baggage troops, and the soldiers had to follow the baggage troops.
One is to protect the rear troops, and the other is to be able to immediately wear armor and carry out counter-armoring in the event of an emergency.
Moreover, the forward army and the rear army are separated by hundreds of miles. So now Zhang Liao not only has 5,000 soldiers in his hands, but Zhang Fei's nearest troops in the rear are also more than 30 miles apart, and there is almost no backup at all.
But he is a general with his own judgment, not to mention that among the Qingzhou Army, at the general level, he is qualified to adjust strategies on the spot and does not need to execute orders step by step.
This is to give full play to the subjective initiative of the generals. Many generals are not just military generals, but also have tactical thinking. For example, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Xu Huang and X Rong are typical representatives.
To put it simply, they are handsome men and cannot suppress their own talent in leading troops.
Zhang Liao returned to his own formation and immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
The soldiers marched twenty miles in a hurry and arrived at Xinyang County almost in the middle of the night. They saw a walled city built outside the city. It turned out that Xinyang County had been dilapidated during the Yellow Turban Rebellion a few years ago, and the city walls collapsed.
Ruins and broken walls.
Yuan Shu led his army northward and surrounded Gushi. At the same time, the army spread out. Yuan Shu's troops captured Qiao Rui in Xinyang and built a camp here to prevent Sun Ce from abandoning the city and escaping northward.
Little did they know that Liu Bei's reinforcements had already moved south quickly and reached the vicinity of his camp.
Qiao Rui learned from his scouts that an enemy scout had dispersed his army of scouts and was located twenty miles to the northwest.
"These must be Sun Ce's troops."
Qiao Rui said without hesitation.
His lieutenant general wondered: "Why did the general say that?"
"Sun Ce returned from fetching troops from Liang State. Gushi was surrounded by General Zuo and had to retreat to Linyang. He must have been unable to attack from the northwest and decided to attack from the north."
Qiao Rui's analysis was as fierce as a tiger's.
Previously, Sun Ce was repelled by Yuan Shu's army, and his troops retreated into Gushi County, the hinterland of Runan. He went to Liang State to visit Sun Jian, and brought back the 20,000 people Sun Jian brought with him.
As a result, time wasted and Yuan Shu surrounded Gushi. Zhu Zhi led Sun Ben, Xu Kun, Wu Jing and others to resist tenaciously.
Sun Ce himself led four generals including Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and 20,000 troops to station at Linyang northwest of Gushi.
Yuan Shu deployed a large number of troops and horses between the two places to prevent Sun Ce and Zhu Zhi from communicating.
Qiao Rui thought that Sun Ce's road from Linyang was blocked, so he decided to find a breakthrough from Xinyang in the north.
However, he didn't know that Liu Bei had already started his journey before Yuan Shu attacked Yuzhou. According to the analysis of Yuan Shu's counselors, he thought Liu Bei had just learned the news now.
"What if it's Cao Cao's people?"
The deputy general objected.
Qiao Rui smiled and said: "If Cao Cao dares to come, will he give up Yanzhou? Lu Bu has reached an alliance with General Zuo and will attack together at any time."
"I see, the general is wise. So what should we do now?"
The deputy general asked again.
Qiao Rui waved his hand: "I guess this is just a scout sent by Sun Ce to investigate. It's no big deal. Don't worry about him. If Sun Ce takes action, General Zuo will definitely send us a message. Everyone can rest assured. Don’t scare yourself.”
He thought that even if Sun Ce sent troops from the north, Linyang was also within Yuan Shu's reconnaissance range. Once Sun Ce took action, they would not know about it, so they did not think that there was a large army behind these scouts.
And at this time, late at night, outside the ruins of Yuan Junying in Xinyang County, in a dense forest, heads wearing helmets kept popping up from the trees, one, two, three... countless.
Their movements were light, and there seemed to be no sound as they walked. Only a strange red light glowed in their clear pupils.
Zhang Liao walked at the front.
A general is the courage of an army, and Zhang Liao is the courage of a general. Even among the generals in Qingzhou, there are not many people with such courage as him!